Senior Space Payload Systems Engineer — Top Secret

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 88,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) savings plan

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Maryland seeks a Systems Engineer to support space subsystem and payload programs. You will lead requirements, architecture, modeling, and verification activities across mission engineering tasks.

The role requires an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and a strong background in systems engineering for space missions, with on-site collaboration in Linthicum, MD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in STEM with 2+ years relevant experience; or MS with 5 years; PhD with 0 years experience.
• Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility/approval at time of application.
• Experience across requirements, architecture, modeling and simulation, integration/test, verification/validation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support systems engineering tasks for space subsystems, payloads and vehicles.
• Develop and manage requirements and architecture; create CONOPs and interfaces.
• Perform modeling/simulation and trajectory analyses; plan verification and validation.
• Coordinate with mission engineering teams and perform risk/ cost analyses.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Requirements Analysis

Modeling & Simulation

Architecture

Verification & Validation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

MS Degree preferred

PhD (optional)

Tools

DOORS

STK

Cameo

Rhapsody

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Maryland seeks a Systems Engineer to support space subsystem and payload programs. You will lead requirements, architecture, modeling, and verification activities across mission engineering tasks.

The role requires an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and a strong background in systems engineering for space missions, with on-site collaboration in Linthicum, MD.